Uuemployment Jumpedrnto 8.5% last month as the economy lost 663,000 jobs, the Labor Department reports. Factory payrolls fell 161,000 after shedding 169,000 jobs in the prior month.rnDeclines are expected to intensify if General Motors is forced into bankruptcy. Under such a scenario, economists estimate that as many as 1 million additional automotive jobs could disappear, and unemployment could hit 11 %.
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